Tag Archives: Brothers osborne

David Nail jokes that’s he’s looking forward to “having a hangover in his own house” on Sunday morning, following Saturday night’s show at Nashville's Cannery Ballroom.

It’s one of the many perks, he says, of playing a show in his current hometown. The others, according to Nail, are waking up in his own bed, getting dressed at his own house and eating at his favorite restaurants.

Those things serve as a nice balance for what he says can otherwise be “nerve-wracking.”

“(Shows in Nashville) feel like you’re trying out all over again for the people in town,” said the Grammy-nominated singer. “As someone who never had a showcase, I feel like it is the good Lord repaying me for what it would have felt like if I had had one of those back in the day.”

The country singer says he plans to play past hits including “Let it Rain” and “Red Light” in addition to his newest hit, “Whatever She’s Got,” as well as some songs that are yet to be released.

“I’m just really excited about this project,” he said of the new album, which he anticipates will be out in February or March. “It just comes from a really pure place, and I’m in a really good place in my life and I feel like it shows in the music.”

Brothers Osborne will open the show, which starts at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $17.50 at www.davidnail.com.

ASCAP President Paul Williams poses with George Strait at the ASCAP Country Awards at the Music City Center on Monday. Click the photo to see more pictures from the awards show. (photo: Sanford Myers / The Tennessean)

ASCAP, a performing rights organization that represents songwriters, honored Strait with the Founder’s Award, its most prestigious award reserved for those who have made “pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators.”

“It’s like Gene Kelly didn’t invent dance but by God he could dance,” said ASCAP President Paul Williams. “And whether (George Strait) writes one song or now settles into a career of writing thousands of great songs, the fact is that there is such pure authentic emotion and strength in his voice. There’s something about the pure cowboy strength in what he does. It takes me to a place where music at its best is what it’s about.”